Do you know Pashto (afghan language)?

Ok this argument is getting off topic…

no I dont know Pashto, and your argument makes no sense, why should I learn a language no one I know uses?

china will not be a super power, its technology is too cheap… if everything that broke would have to be fixed every few days theyre economy would fall… europe and the US wouldnt allow china to become too powerful as for the afghan language no thnx english and german are good enough to communicate with 80% of the world…

Argument to the third clause, why? You say it is the tongue of the Afghan Lions but why do they matter? If there are any three languages you must learn, they are your mother tongue, English and Chinese. Your mother tongue for it is your own, English for it is currently the language of the world; and Chinese for it will be.

just a quick question… how is chinese going to be a language of the world… the world learns english… the next language is spanish… so tell me where in the world is it ever going to be compulsary to learn chinese??

considerin they too learn english as there second language?!?!?!

informer_220, US and Europe will have no say in how powerful China gets. Remember our economic Crisis, with Germany being one of the worse off for they never really recovered from WW2. The Chinese are very able to produce highly advanced, reliable and cheap technologies. By cheap, I mean a better quality than our own but for less money. Also remember that Chinese students, computer programmers, scientists et al are amongst the most clever in the world. I will not argue with the last sentence of your post for it is a stupid one in the first place, ignorant of other outside influences.

The business language of the world. If the current economic situation continues and China remains in its current economic, technological and productive advancements it will become the worlds only super power. Currently it has the ability to militarily control all of Asia if it wished to and if their plans for nuclear submarines and carrier groups continue to advance and be produced they will have the military power to do what Britain did 200 years ago. Chinese people learn English for it is currently the language of the world. It is not compulsory for them to learn English as it will not be compulsory to learn Chinese, but it will allow you to gain a job there.